On November 20th, Antonio Scatena, Laborator Manager and Cara Plese, Scientist at Gateway Analytical hosted a webinar designed for scientists working in the pharmaceutical industry. During this webinar, they discussed the advantages of using Raman analysis in conjunction with other analytical techniques, such as microscopy, SEM/EDS and FTIR in investigations to identify unknown materials. They discussed the sample types that are best suited for Raman analysis and tips on how to discover the best parameters to use for you investigation. They also discussed how Raman Analysis can be used to analyze inorganic materials, such as metal oxides, pigments and minerals which would typically not yield results with FTIR analysis.
Original Event Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Duration: 60 minutes
Presenters: Cara Plese, M.S., Scientist I, & Antonio Scatena, Laboratory Manager at Gateway Analytical
Raman spectroscopy is an inelastic scattering phenomenon the probes molecular vibrations to provide a molecular fingerprint of materials. Currently, there are six major types of Raman spectroscopy in use today, which are: Spontaneous Raman Spectroscopy, Resonance Raman spectroscopy (RRS), Surface Enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS), Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy (SRS) and Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy (SORS).
On April 25th, 2012 we hosted a live webinar titled “Laboratory Methods for the Examination of Foreign Particulate Matter.” During the webinar our presenters, David Exline, Senior V.P. and Antonio Scatena, Scientist at Gateway Analytical, discussed current methods of particulate isolation, laboratory testing methods for identifying foreign particulates and the company's forensic approach to source determination. During the webinar we received a number of questions, below is a sample of the Q&A session at the end of the webinar.